Habit
Direct skin contact with ground is proposed to influence stress and recovery markers.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
17/100
Early depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
0
Mixed / Neutral • confidence Minimal
Safety Friction
0/100
Sparse signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 3 • mentions 0 • links 17
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Classification: add.[1091,1215,1503, etc.]
Best fit: Users interested in low-risk optional adjunct practices..[1091,1215,1503, etc.]
Goal alignment: Stress Resilience, Sleep, Recovery.[1091,1215,1503, etc.]
Classification
Add
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Users interested in low-risk optional adjunct practices.
Primary Focus
Stress Resilience, Sleep
Clinical Depth
Humans: 3 • RCTs: 0 • Meta: 0
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 0
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 0 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
→ Stable evidence base
Depth
3 total studies
Timeline
Total indexed
3
Human studies
3
Sleep signals
2
Animal-only studies
0
In vitro / tissue
0
Randomized trials
0
Weighted direction score: 0 (Mixed / Neutral)
Low when evidence remains sparse or mostly preclinical/mechanistic.
Total indexed
3
Human studies
3
Sleep signals
2
Animal-only studies
0
In vitro / tissue
0
Randomized trials
0
Meta-analyses
0
Cohort signals
0
Cardiometabolic signals
0
Neuropsych signals
0
Safety adverse signals
0
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: Early
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
PMID 31831261 • 2020 May-Jun
Integrative and lifestyle medicine strategies should include Earthing (grounding): Review of research evidence and clinical observations.
Explore (New York, N.Y.)
Open PubMedPMID 22291721 • 2012
Earthing: health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons.
Journal of environmental and public health
Open PubMedPMID 12210565 • 2002 Sep
Contact voltage measured in residences: implications to the association between magnetic fields and childhood leukemia.
Bioelectromagnetics
Benefit reports: 0
Adverse reports: 0
No-effect reports: 0
Mixed reports: 0
Unclear reports: 0
Signal confidence: 0.00
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.00 with mentions: benefit 0, adverse 0, no-effect 0.
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aggregate • unclear
No directional first-hand mentions captured in the current community corpus; source links are retained for traceability.
Open mentionEvidence Sources
PUBMED • Human lifestyle/habit literature
Counts from structured habit/exposure PubMed query set.
Outcome: Humans 8919, RCT 214, meta 53, cohort 635, sleep signals 148, cardiometabolic signals 438.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2017 • PubMed indexed study
PMID 28330471 from J Neuroeng Rehabil.
Outcome: See linked record for design and specific outcomes.[, etc.]
No directional mention volume was resolved; fallback profile metadata is shown in other sections.
Dependency signals
0
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Community Sources
PUBMED • 2021 • PubMed indexed study
PMID 34274050 from Lancet Public Health.
Outcome: See linked record for design and specific outcomes.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • PubMed indexed study
PMID 32555705 from PLoS Negl Trop Dis.
Outcome: See linked record for design and specific outcomes.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31831261 from Explore (New York, N.Y.).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2012 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 22291721 from Journal of environmental and public health.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2002 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 12210565 from Bioelectromagnetics.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1503,1528,1672, etc.]
Open source